2001 I Remember When...

... a Russian satellite booster reentered the atmosphere, slowly tracing long, fiery arcs across the night sky. (1999)

... EL wire hadn't been invented yet.

... Helco burned.

... I first called the playa "home."

... I got laid. [long sigh] I'm sorry, what was the question?

... "Larry" Harvey was still Louise Harvey.

... the "alkali salt flat" was actually flat.

... the Man exploded. (1998)

... the Man seemed much bigger.

... the opera didn't suck. (Okay, okay, when the opera sucked less.)

... the playafish first appeared

... there was no "gate."Ê

... there were no rules.

... there weren't any bugs.

... you could bring guns.

... 13,500 people was HUGE!

... people would start to drive away when there were storms, and the Rangers would have to drive out to stop them.

... Radio Free Burning Man rocked!

... the Burn went according to plan.

... the first village was next door to Center Camp

... the Man didn't burn prematurely.

... the weather was nice.

... there was no health code to violate.

... they let you burn shit... actually, I remember when there was no "they."

... they would give you mushrooms as you came in through the gate.

... tickets were under $100.

... we could go to the hot springs... hmmm, the hot springs.

... we outnumbered the police.

... you didn't have to fill out a huge questionnaire to get your theme camp registered.

÷ list compiled by Lenny Jones, °lux, Dr. Lizard, Penfold, Adrian Roberts, and Zabriski

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